Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
🎸 Chorus:
Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm7Fm7 Fm7/Bb
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby Ain't nothing like the real thing.
Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm7Fm7 Fm7/Bb Eb MajorEb Bb/DBb/D C minorCm
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby Ain't nothing like the real thing.
🎸 Verse:
Fm7/Bb Eb MajorEb Fm7Fm7 Eb/GEb/G Abmaj7Abmaj7 G+G
I got your picture hanging on my wall but it can't sing, or come to me
Cm7Cm7 BbM7Bbm7 Eb7Eb7 AbAb Eb/GEb/G Eb MajorEb
when I call your name. I realize it's just a picture in a frame.
Eb MajorEb F minorFm Eb/GEb/G Abmaj7Abmaj7
I read your letters but you're not near, but they don't move me,
G+G Cm7Cm7 BbM7Bbm7 Eb7Eb7 AbAb Eb/GEb/G Fm7Fm7 Eb MajorEb
they don't groove me it like when I hear your sweet voice whispering in my ear.
🎸 Chorus:
Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm7Fm7 Fm7/Bb
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby Ain't nothing like the real thing.
Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm7Fm7 Fm7/Bb Eb MajorEb Bb/DBb/D C minorCm
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby Ain't nothing like the real thing.
🎸 Verse:
Fm7/Bb Eb MajorEb Fm7Fm7 Eb/GEb/G Abmaj7Abmaj7 G+G Cm7Cm7
I play my game a fantasy I pretend but I know in reality
Bb7Bb7 Eb7Eb7 AbAb Eb/GEb/G
I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me
🎸 Bridge:
Gm7Gm7 G7G7 G7/B C minorCm
No other sound is quite the same as your name
Eb7/Bb Eb7Eb7 AbAb Eb/BbEb/Bb C#dimC#dim
No touch can do half as much to make me feel better.
Fm7Fm7 Fm7/Bb Bb majorBb
So, let's stay together. Ah, ah. Ooh.
🎸 Chorus:
Fm7/Bb Eb MajorEb F minorFm Eb/GEb/G Abmaj7Abmaj7 G+G
I got some mem'ries to look back on, though they help me when you're gone
Cm7Cm7 BbM7Bbm7 Eb7Eb7 AbAb Eb/GEb/G Fm7Fm7 Eb MajorEb
I'm well aware nothing can take the place of you being there.
🎸 Chorus:
Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm7Fm7 Fm7/Bb
So glad we got the real thing, baby So glad we got the real thing.
Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm7Fm7 Fm7/Bb
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby Ain't nothing like the real thing.
🎸 Chorus:
Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm7Fm7 Fm7/Bb
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby Ain't nothing like the real thing.
Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm7Fm7 Fm7/Bb
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby Ain't nothing like the real thing.